Internal-combustion engine.



C. S. WILLIAMS.

INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25. I916.

Patented Feb. 27 1917.

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To all whom it may concern:

:11 citizen of the United "states, residing at e Denver, in the *county1 of --Hancock and State of Illinois, have invented certain newff andusefulImprm-ements in Internalrgombustion Engines, ;of which thefollowing-is a specification; i

This invention relates to unimproved-internal combustion engine and theprincipal object of the invention is to provide an 'engine havinganimproved type of fuel com-.

pression and feeding. mechanism and to further providef'animproved'type' of comtimed relatlon to bustion chamberand disk carried.by the engine shaft and" cooperating with the combustion chambers. v

Another object of-the invention is to pro- Another object of theinvention is. to

provide an improved type of baflies rigidly mounted in. the enginecasing between therotors carried by the shafts.

Another object of the invention is to pro-. videimproved means foractuating the fuel compressing and feeding mechanism in the rotation ofthe engine shaft. i

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereinFigure 1 is aview taken along the line a-'-& of Fig. 3..

along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig 3 is a longitudinal transverse sectional view taken along the 1 line3-3 of Fig. 2. v

Fig. 4 is a view showing the engine shaft in cross section and one ofthe driving fans in elevation.

Fig. 5 is a view in elevation of the disk carried by the shaft andcooperating withthe combustion chambers ofthe engine.

The casing '10 is provided with a head 11. having the combustionchambers 12 formed therein and provided with mlet ports 13 communicatingwith the cyllnders 14 positioned at the sides of the casing and in theirturn provided with inletv ports 15 communicating with the manifold 16leading from a carbureter not shown. Valves 1? and 18 are provided forthese ports 13 and 15 and are yieldably held in a closed springs 19 and20 and opened position by directions so that when the ports in oppositeBe it known that, I, CHARLES S. WILLiAMs;

Fig.2 is a transverse sectional view taken through the specificationof'Letters l atenta Patented 1917, Application and maiz 1'91 6.- Serialno.1- 86,746; I

15fareopened for sucking gas intothe cylin-i .ders '14-,ftl1e'yalves17will be closed and when the'gas is forced 'into the" combustion chamberspast the open valves 17, the valves 18 will be. closed. Pistons 21 areslidably moil'nted in these cylinders 14. and carry piston-"rods 22extending along the sides of the casing 10. and connected with the crankarms 23 of'gears 24rotatablymounted above and below the gears.25-carriedby. the horizontally extending driven shafts 26. .These driven shafts 26extend through the walls of the housing 27 fitting upon the ends of the'enginecasing 10 and will have their.

inner ends rotatably mounted in thebearingsof th'ebearing brackets28" asshown in 1 Fig. 3. Gears29 are carried by these driven shafts26 and meshwith a gear 30 carried by the entensio-n 31 of the engine shaft 32 and1t willthus be seen that as this engine shaft rotates, rotary movementwill be transmitted to the driven shafts 26 and as these driven shaftsrotate, the pistons will I be reciprocated in the cylinders 14 with theupper piston moving in an opposite direction tothe lower piston.

The engine shaft or drivingshaft 32 extends longitudinally through thecasing 10 similarly constructed baflles 37 mounted in the casing 10 andheld stationary therein. by any suitable means. A disk 38 ,is mount-' edupon this engine shaft 32 adjacent the head 11 and-is provided withslots forming passageways 39 extending diagonally disk and positionedfor registering with diagonally disposedcombustion chambers. That is tosay, as the disk 38 rotates, one of the passageways 39 will be inregistry with an upper combustion chamber 12'while the second is inregistry with a diagonally-disposed lower combustion chamber.Thereforein operation the engine .will

receive two impulses each revolution although four explosions occur. 1

In operation, the pistons will move to draw the gas into the cylinders14 and upon the return stroke will force this gas into'the combustionchambers. The gas will then be.

under compression and as the passageways 39 register with the combustionchambers containing the gas under pressure, the spark plugs LO'Willexplode the gases thus acting tion with the extension 31 of thisshaftan'd upon reaching the head 35 will the outlet port 41.-

I have therefore provided an engine which is rather simple inconstruction but at the sametime will be strong and durable. I havefurther provided an engine which will be easy to take down to clean asthe piston rods can be disconnected from thecrank arms 23 and thehousing disconnected from casing 10. The head can be removed and therotors and baliies withdrawn from the casing and also shaft thus leavingthe casing clear and permitting it to be easily v xwith the gear of theengine shaft. c v]in cleaned.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is z p 1. Aninternal combustion engine comprising a casing, an engine shaftrotatably mounted in the casing and extending beyond one end thereof,said casing being provided with combustion chambers and with an outletport, a housing at the end. of said casing extending about the outer endportion of said shaft, a gear carried by said shaft, stubshaftsextending transversely through said housing and provided at theirinnerends with gears meshing with the gear of said engine shaft andhaving gears mounted upon their outer end portions, cylinders passthrough positioned along said casing and having valv'econtrolledcommunication with said combustion chambers, gears rotatahly '('oI1nected "with said casing and engaging the gears at the outer ends ofsaid stub shafts,

crank arms extending from said last mencarried by said shaft, stubshafts extending transversely of the engine shaft and provided at theirinner endswith gears meshing ders positioned 'alongsaid casing andhavlng valve controlled comnnuncation with the combustion chambers,,])1St()1lS shdably .mounted in saidcylinders. and having their pistonrodsextending in operative relation to the stub, shafts, means fortransmitting movement from the stub shafts to the piston rods, androtors mounted uponsaid engine shaft within said casing. I

In testimony whereof I atiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.I

CHARLES S. WILLIAMS. Witnesses:

' MURRAY DUFFY,

D. CARL'BARBER...

